{"id":330528,"date":"2021-01-23T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330528"},"modified":"2021-01-23T14:49:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T14:49:38","slug":"final-stage-of-union-budget-2021-22-commences-with-halwa-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/final-stage-of-union-budget-2021-22-commences-with-halwa-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Final stage of Union Budget 2021-22 commences with Halwa Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330529 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sitharaman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/sitharaman.jpg 583w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/sitharaman-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/sitharaman-324x160.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/>The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the Budget making process for Union Budget 2021-22, was held on Saturday afternoon in the presence of Union Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In an unprecedented initiative, Union Budget 2021-22 will be delivered in paperless form for the first time. The Union Budget 2021-22 is to be presented on February 12021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On the occasion, Sitharaman also launched the \u201cUnion Budget Mobile App\u201d for hassle-free access of Budget documents by Members of Parliament (MPs) and the general public using the simplest form of digital convenience. The mobile App facilitates complete access to 14 Union Budget documents, including the Annual Financial Statement (commonly known as Budget), Demand for Grants (DG), Finance Bill etc. as prescribed by the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The App has a user-friendly interface with embedded features of downloading, printing, search, zoom in and out, bidirectional scrolling, table of contents and external links, etc. It is bilingual (English &amp; Hindi) and will be available on both Android and iOS platforms. The App can also be downloaded from the Union Budget Web Portal (www.indiabudget.gov.in). The App has been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the guidance of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Budget documents will be available on the Mobile App after the completion of the Budget Speech by the Finance Minister in Parliament on 1st February, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Finance Minister reviewed the status of the compilation of the Union Budget 2021-22 and extended her best wishes to the officials concerned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A customary Halwa ceremony is performed every year before the \u201clock-in\u201d process of Budget preparation begins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the Budget making process for Union Budget 2021-22, was held on Saturday afternoon in the presence of Union Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.\u00a0 In an unprecedented initiative, Union Budget 2021-22 will be delivered in paperless form for the first time. 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